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Programs

Arts & Crafts

This is a traditional art form that expresses the writer’s
mind and spirit with the ink smeared stroke of a brush. Students in this class
will learn how to write beautifully in traditional Chinese and Korean
charact…

The Four Gracious Plants are one of the most widely
recognized themes in traditional Korean painting. The plum blossom, orchid,
chrysanthemum, and bamboo were originally Confucian symbols for the four
qualities of a l…

Students will learn how to express the beauty of nature and the unique artistic spirit that is found in traditional Korean paintings. However, quite unlike the constrained use of black and white by our "Four Gracious P…

A pottery class designed to teach traditional Korean pottery techniques and design. The class will also incorporate modern styles of pottery to express a more contemporary aesthetic, while staying true to its classical K…

Fashioned from the inner bark of mulberry trees, Hanji is a form of handmade traditional Korean paper. Students will learn how to use hanji, which comes in a variety of colors and styles of traditional art patterns, to m…

Maedeup is the traditional Korean art form of knotting silk threads or cords. This form of art has been passed down for over 300 years hand by hand, generation to generation. In this class, students not only study the ex…

Students over the course of this class will learn traditional Korean book binding methods, which are more commonly known as stitched bindings. By the end of the session, each student will have assembled and bound a book …